1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Indiana House District 59
Indiana House of Representatives · Indiana
David B. Yount (R) won with 53.3% of the vote, defeating Robert E. Hayes (D) by 6.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
David B. YountRepublican · winner
53.3%11,978
Robert E. HayesDemocrat · incumbent
46.7%10,504
22,482 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET